diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 68f0f7bdfe..0c959eb269 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       github.event_name == 'push' || 
       github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository ||
       github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'softwaremill-ci'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
     - name: Set up JDK 
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
@@ -129,12 +130,13 @@ jobs:
       github.event_name == 'push' || 
       github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository ||
       github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'softwaremill-ci'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # checkout tags so that dynver works properly (we need the version for MiMa)
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
@@ -148,13 +150,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish release
     needs: [ci]
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v'))
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix: 
         java: [ "11", "21" ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Attach automerge label
     # only for PRs by softwaremill-ci
     if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'softwaremill-ci'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
     # only for PRs by softwaremill-ci
     if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'softwaremill-ci'
     needs: [ ci, mima, label ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - id: automerge
         name: automerge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
index dd1c249835..fa2b006273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-graph:
     name: Update Dependency Graph
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd-dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd-dispatch.yml
index fa7aa7d980..f77b455229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd-dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd-dispatch.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   slashCommandDispatch:
     # to fast-skip for typical, non-rebase comments
     if: contains(github.event.comment.body, '/rebase')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Slash Command Dispatch
         uses: peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd.yml
index 773b6c5464..6f4ba46e11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase-cmd.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     types: [rebase-command]
 jobs:
   rebase:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: peter-evans/rebase@v3
         id: rebase
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml b/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml
index 81dbec79a3..6c0d1fa4b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   scala-steward:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-report.yml b/.github/workflows/test-report.yml
index bc9970f660..7da45fa814 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-report.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   report:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     # If the workflow run was skipped or cancelled this action would fail, generating a test report is unnecessary.
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
     steps: